Graham Ruddick

“Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where it should, in most cases, remain.” So said Christopher Hitchens. I agreed with that quote. But now I have broken it. I am delighted to say my first book - Risk Roulette - will be published next month This is why:

Love rugby? Interested in leadership? Well this one is for you. Proud to share that @businessleader's latest podcast, The Turnaround, on @ExeterChiefs is out now. Featuring the expertise of @willgkelleher, @andNickMullins, @alexspinksport and more.

New issue of @businessleader magazine is out now - Fixing UK Plc Features writing from me and the brilliant @Steven_Swinford, @szupingc, @edsmithwriter, @mrjakehumphrey, @SportandBeyond1, @Caspar_Lee , @scviz, @dougalshaw, @JDornbrack, @richard_harpin and @editor_Maguire

Delighted and humbled that @businessleader podcast has won audio journalism of the year at @Wincottfound Awards This is just the start for @businessleader A special thank you to our brilliant producer @AnouszkaTate

Great to chat to @grahamtruddick on the @businessleader podcast and reflect on the @ao story from the very beginning. A lot might have changed over the last 25 years but some of the lessons remains as relevant today as they were in 2000 #aoletsgo podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how……

This week on the @businessleader podcast we spoke to @MachinStuart1 about the turnaround of @marksandspencer. What is the story behind the turnaround and the chief executive? Part one podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how… Part two podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how…

Brilliant column from @SportandBeyond1 on the power, or not, of belief in business and sport "Is success as straightforward as just believing that it will happen? Of course the answer is no, but let’s dig a little into the dangers of flawed belief." businessleader.co.uk/believing-long…

How do you identify the radiators and drains in your life to perform at the highest level? Performance = motivation x ability x opportunity. That is according to Dr John Blakey in our latest @businessleader masterclass businessleader.co.uk/masterclass-jo…

Risk Roulette is up to number nine in the business book charts and is doing well in the US after its launch there For anyone who hasn't got yet, here is a discount code for my social media followers to get 20% off. Use KOGANPAGE20 at koganpage.com

My top three insights of the week from global chief executives... youtube.com/shorts/TZ0C3AK…

Delighted to have written again for @TeleBusiness, nine years after leaving... A look at Britain's bargain billionaires - the entrepreneurs who have built billion-pound discount retail chains in the UK and won over shoppers... telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Chris Dawson, the founder of discount chain The Range, is in talks to buy Homebase shops Dawson is 27th on @businessleader list of the billion-pound founders - the people who have built businesses in the UK worth more than £1 billion

Five practical ways that businesses are using AI already Great stuff from @dougalshaw businessleader.co.uk/practical-ways…

My reading of Tony Blair's book on leadership, for @businessleader businessleader.co.uk/blair-new-book…

Latest Business Leader podcast: The rise of Huel with chief executive James McMaster -It's unique recruitment tactics -How it has succeeded in the US -Marketing controversy with Steven Bartlett -The next billion-dollar food brand? Listen here: businessleader.co.uk/huel-ceo-podca…